Tektronix KEITHLEY 2200 Series, Programming Reference Manual

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Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order
Examples
INST:COUP CH1,CH2
INSTrument:SELect
This command is used to switch the current channel command.
Group Channel
Syntax
INSTrument:SELect {CH1|CH2|CH3}
INSTrument:SELect?
Arguments
CH1, CH2, or CH3
are the channels you can switch the instrument to.
Availability of channels depends on which model of power supply you have.
MEASure[:SCALar]:CURRent[:DC]? (Query Only)
This command initiates and executes a new current measurement, and returns the
measured output current of the power supply. If a channel is speci
fi ed, the query
returns the measurement for the speci fi ed channel. If no channel is speci fi ed, the
currently selected channel is measured and returned.
Group Measurement
Syntax
MEASure[:SCALar]:CURRent[:DC]? [CH1|CH2|CH3|ALL]
Related Commands FETCh[:SCALar]:VOLTage[:DC]? , INSTrument:SELect
Returns
<NR2>
is the measured output current in amperes.
Examples
MEAS:CURR? ALL
might return 0.0998707, 0.0999861, 0 which would be the
measured currents on channels 1, 2 and 3 in amperes.
MEASure[:SCALar]:POWer[:DC]? (Query Only)
This command initiates and executes a new output power measurement, and
returns the measured output current of the power supply. If a channel is speci
fi ed,
then the query returns the measurement for the speci fi ed channel. If no channel is
speci fi ed, then the currently-selected channel is measured and returned.
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